Speaking at the international conference on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the healthcare sector in 2025 held on November 21 in Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Toan Thang, Deputy Chief of Office of the Ministry of Health , said that the Vietnamese healthcare sector is facing a particularly important moment, a new opportunity for integration and development.
Specifically, the demand for health care is increasing rapidly. The health sector's goal by 2030 is to expand public health care, improve the quality of medical examination and treatment services, and strengthen the capacity to respond to climate change and emergency situations.
In addition, the health sector continues to promote administrative reform, transparent procurement, increase domestic capacity to produce medical equipment and expand international cooperation. These are factors that will help Vietnam become a more reliable destination for foreign investment capital...
“In that context, M&A has become one of the strategic tools to help the healthcare ecosystem develop faster, more sustainably and approach international standards. However, this is also a field that requires transparency, professionalism and legal risk management at the highest level,” Mr. Thang emphasized.
According to experts, Vietnam is becoming a destination for global investors due to increasing demand for healthcare (Photo: TH).
Associate Professor Dr. Dang Duc Nhu, an expert in the field of M&A, added that in the period of 2020-2021, the world witnessed a global M&A boom in the healthcare sector, with transaction value in the first half of 2021 reaching 330-340 billion USD. After a period of stagnation in 2022-2024, the world market began to recover from the end of 2024, reaching 115-120 billion USD in the first half of 2025.
In Vietnam, in the first 8 months, the total value of M&A reached 4.8 billion USD, up 21% compared to the previous year. The average deal size increased to 42 million USD.
According to Mr. Nhu, the attractiveness of Vietnam's healthcare comes from factors such as a rapidly aging population, with the elderly accounting for 20%, a middle class expected to exceed 23 million people by 2030, and a sharp increase in demand for high-quality medical examination and treatment in both urban and rural areas.
The rapid development of the private sector, along with the State's open-door and reform policies, has made the market even more attractive to international investors.
In addition, the trend of globalization and international integration is promoting the strong transformation of the healthcare industry towards personalization, digitalization and data-based.
Strengthening international cooperation not only brings valuable resources and experience to health care, but also helps Vietnamese healthcare quickly access advanced techniques, improve professional qualifications and approach international standards.
However, the development of M&A activities in the healthcare sector in Vietnam is also facing many challenges in the legal framework. The legal corridor for M&A is not yet complete, administrative procedures are still complicated; regulations on corporate governance and asset valuation in the healthcare sector are not synchronized, causing many difficulties for M&A transactions.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/nhu-cau-kham-chua-benh-chat-luong-cao-cua-nguoi-dan-tang-manh-20251121142549959.htm
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